MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-87.37 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 SFC 992 160 23.9 21.2 85 2.7 22.0 240 7 297.7 300.7 295.4 344.7 16.20 2 950 535 20.6 18.1 86 2.5 18.9 237 16 298.1 300.6 293.9 338.3 13.87 3 900 1001 17.7 16.0 90 1.7 16.6 229 19 299.7 302.1 293.6 337.3 12.84 4 850 1489 14.9 13.3 90 1.7 13.8 223 21 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.3 11.35 5 800 2001 11.9 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 223 24 303.9 305.6 292.3 332.2 9.48 6 750 2539 8.6 6.3 86 2.3 7.3 225 26 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.2 8.03 7 700 3107 5.2 4.1 93 1.1 4.6 229 26 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.8 7.37 8 650 3710 1.9 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 229 27 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.1 6.44 9 600 4352 -1.2 -3.2 86 2.0 -2.2 227 29 314.7 315.7 291.9 330.7 5.03 10 550 5042 -5.0 -10.8 64 5.8 -7.4 233 33 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.2 3.06 11 500 5784 -9.9 -18.6 49 8.8 -12.7 238 32 321.0 321.3 290.9 327.0 1.76 12 450 6589 -15.2 -25.4 41 10.2 -17.8 247 35 324.1 324.3 291.1 327.9 1.08 13 400 7467 -21.6 -31.0 43 9.3 -23.5 244 37 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.72 14 350 8436 -29.0 -35.7 52 6.7 -30.0 237 42 329.6 329.7 292.1 331.5 0.52 15 300 9520 -36.7 -40.4 69 3.6 -37.1 223 51 333.6 333.7 293.0 335.0 0.38 16 250 10759 -45.0 -50.0 58 4.9 -45.3 221 69 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.16 17 200 12214 -54.7 -65.6 25 10.9 -54.9 231 82 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14015 -62.6 -74.6 18 12.0 -62.7 231 68 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16486 -67.1 -82.8 9 15.6 -67.2 230 39 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.01 m Freezing level: 619.78 mb = 4098.03 m = 13444.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.89 mb = 3961.90 m = 12998.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.23 mb = 496.59 m = 1629.23 ft T: 20.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 1086.91 m = 3565.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 819.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.10 mb = 895.61 m = 2938.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.10 mb = 1527.90 m = 5012.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.10 mb = 10595.33 m = 34761.17 ft B at Equ Level: 817.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.10 mb = 13765.55 m = 45162.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 34.59 Bulk Shear: 23.70 m/s